complacencies

Self-satisfied mental states

Complacencies is the plural of complacency, a state of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's situation, often accompanied by unawareness of potential dangers or deficiencies.

The word carries a negative connotation, suggesting that such satisfaction is unwarranted or risky.

The team's complacencies after their early success led to a disappointing finish.

Someone might warn against the complacencies that develop when things seem to be going well.

smugness

self-satisfaction

Pleasure from one's achievements

arrogance · superiority · conceit · self-righteousness · vanity · pride · egotism · presumption · pompousness · snobbery

stagnation

inertia

Resistance to altered motion

lethargy · torpor · immobility · standstill · stasis · idleness · doldrums · rut · monotony · sameness

unawareness

obliviousness

Lack of awareness

heedlessness · unmindfulness · inattention · disregard · denial · insensitivity · myopia · tunnel vision · carelessness · neglect

Opposites
emotional state

complacenciesanxieties

Persistent mental unease

worries · doubts · fears · unease · apprehensions

attitude toward improvement

complacenciesambitions

Goals one strives toward

aspirations · dissatisfactions · discontent · restlessness · drive

vigilance and awareness

complacenciesvigilance

State of keen awareness

alertness · wariness · caution · watchfulness · circumspection

Family

complacent, complacency, noncompliance, complacently, complacence

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